We have a pooper!

Last week, Chip stained the concrete floors a redish-brown color. He's going to wait to seal it until after the barn company is finished.

This week we're making some real progress. The barn guys are here and they are building.

The bronze windows were delivered. The big ones are for above the patio doors. The living room is going to have a lot of light with these and the three patio doors.

We got a pooper!

The patio doors were also delivered. They are going in the back of the Barndo all in a row.

This is the front door that will be painted bronze.

This is the progress of the barn company through Saturday. One of the guys drove a very large and long nail into his leg. So the front patio and entry floor have some blood on them. Saturday afternoon was spent at the Brenham hospital cleaning the wound and getting a tetanus shot. They said they'll be done by this Friday, but I'm thinking more mid to late next week. I guess they are a lot more optimistic than me. :)

More pictures

Here are some more pictures taken by Mom on Friday. This is the view of the Barndo from the other side of the main pond.

There is a creek that goes through the property that is rather hard to cross. There's a few acres on the other side of the creek. This pond on the other side is full of lily pads. Chip swears he's seen gator slides here.

This is a barn that was already on the property and sits next to the Barndo. There was a baby buzzard that was living in the barn. He scared the pants off of Mom & Dad one day when they entered the barn and the bird flew out directly over their heads.

Slab

On Thursday, Chip put the electrical ground in before the slab was poured. We're going to have two floor plugs in the living room and a couple in the kitchen island.

On Friday, the National Barn guys delivered the wood for the framing of the barn. They brought it in on an 18-wheeler.

They threw (or maybe just dropped) the roof trusses off the truck. Those suckers are big.

Also on Friday they poured the slab.

National Barn says the barn will start being erected on Friday or Monday. Let's hope for Friday so they'll work through the weekend.

More pictures

We finally got by the site on Saturday. Here's the new water well equipment that will eventually be surrounded by some kind of "house."

As I mentioned in my previous post, the plumber came and did his before-slab work. This is one of the sides with two baths.

This is the other side with the kitchen, mud room and half bath.

Then, today Mom and Dad came to Ellinger and we tore down one of the outbuildings at our country house. Our house was built in 1885, and we're guessing that this outbuilding was built about 100 years ago (or at least the wood is that old). Here it is before we started:

Here are some pictures during the tear-down (including the part where Chip hooked the building up to his car and pulled it down...so Chip).

We are going to take the old wood to the barndo, repaint it (probably red), power wash it to make some of the paint chip and hang it on the kitchen/living room wall. This is a "green" part of the project. Using reclaimed wood is very popular right now, and I can't wait to see the finished product.

Getting Closer to Slab Pour

The next big event is the slab pour, so we're anxious for that to happen. At the beginning of this week, the plumber came and did his rough, which means he laid pipe for all the water and drainage lines. Now that he's finished, the slab guy can start. He will start next week, prepping for the pour, forming and placing fill, paper and steel in the slab. Because this is a "barn," the concrete will be poured around the posts that were set. Once we pour, things should start moving a little quicker!